Drawn from the far corners of the Big Apple, four artists share bounty from their compulsions to create.

Stockholm-born electro-pop songstress Lykke Li has big plans for the future: bankruptcy, literary snobbery and rehab.

An island oasis, poised to become the world’s newest art mecca, aims to bring curatorial VIPs to the UAE.

Photographer Leigh Ledare doesn't simply picture his mother naked. He also takes naked pictures of her.

Song of the summer? Here's eleven of them.

Perhaps you've already thrilled to our "Rich Man's Frug" evening-wear fashion shoot from BlackBook's August 2008 issue. But why stop with just a few photos of hot young models prancing about in ritzy duds? Check out our behind the scenes gallery of the shoot, which is guaranteed to include lots of strutting and at least one BlackBerry.

Sure, you've already seen the interview and photo shoot with Ugly Betty star America Ferrera from BlackBook's August 2008 issue. But for dessert, check out a few extemporaneous shots taken during the session at New York's Socialista. You may experience a little blurring, plus a little too much special-effects smoke. Real Americans won't object, though.

On the subject of art, you’ve heard the skeptic standing in front of, say, an Alexander Liberman “Circle Painting,” ponder, “Well, I know what I like. But is it art?” Or is it just a circle that a Montessori geometry teacher may have rendered in oil on canvas with a protractor for a brush? When is a urinal a urinal, and not a Duchamp “readymade,” and so on?

Can reality TV stomach Margaret Cho’s raunchy realism? The notorious all-American girl lets it all out on "The Cho Show," debuting this month on VH1. Below, a prim list of the top ten things she hates.

Give 'em the old razzle-dazzle with an ensemble of fall's most elegant evening wear. Smoking! Photography by Nelson Simoneau, styling by Bryan Levandowski. And as a bonus, check out our behind-the-scenes gallery from this shoot.